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Serenade @serenadefilms.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Someone is impersonating me (Josh Penn) and the company Serenade by email, contacting literary agents and the estates of authors about film adaptation rights. The messages come from Gmail addresses, including joshpennfilms@gmail.com, and ask for full digital copies of books and manuscripts.

That is not me. I only write from @serenadefilms.com addresses. SERENADE never asks rights holders, writers, or estates for fees, payments, or personal financial details, and I do not use Gmail for business.

If you received one of these messages, please don't reply or send anything. Forward it to info@serenadefilms.com so we can document it. If you work in literary representation, please pass this along to colleagues.

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Serenade @serenadefilms.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Congratulations to SERENADE founder Josh Penn, who will be receiving the 2026 Lumière Award from New Orleans Film Society at their yearly Gala on Wednesday

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Serenade @serenadefilms.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD tackles life’s biggest questions with humor and hope. See the new film by Sam Green (32 SOUNDS, THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND) in theaters now! Go to www.theoldestperson.com to find a screening near you!

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Department of Motion Pictures @thedofmp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Congratulations to long time DMPer and now Senior Director of Texas Lights Liz Lodge Stepp and the rest of the team at Austin Film Society for launching the Texas Lights fund which will provide grants to rising independent filmmakers. Texas and AFS is lucky to have Liz! variety.com/2026/film/ne...

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Austin Film Society Announces $300,000 in Filmmaker Grant Awards, Launches Texas Lights Funding Program (EXCLUSIVE)

The Austin Film Society (AFS) announced more than $300,000 in new filmmaker grant awards through the launch of the film funding program, Texas Lights.

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Serenade @serenadefilms.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

You can catch the new documentary The Oldest Person in the World NOW in theaters in NYC and soon expanding to theaters in LA and the Bay Area! Head on over to TheOldestPerson.com for more updates on this incredible doc!

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Serenade @serenadefilms.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sam Green tackles interesting questions about how much age matters and what the moniker of the oldest living person really means in THE OLDEST PERSON INT EH WORLD, now playing in theaters! Check out the full conversation:

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Sam Green on Searching for Discovering the Meaning on ‘The Oldest Person in the World’

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Serenade @serenadefilms.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We come to this place… to feel grateful to exist. Sam Green’s life-affirming, critically acclaimed doc THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD is reminding moviegoers across the country to make the most of the years we have. TheOldestPerson.com

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Serenade @serenadefilms.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Come one, come all! THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD is adding more theaters daily! Here’s the latest list of where you will find Sam Green’s life-affirming Sundance gem.

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Serenade @serenadefilms.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

WASHINGTON, DC! Sam Green's Sundance hit documentary THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD (a DC/DOX Film Fest alum) is screening at The Avalon Theatre this Wednesday featuring a Q&A with the director!

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Serenade @serenadefilms.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

CALIFORNIA! Don’t miss THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD screening this weekend + director Q&A! Screenings are selling out so be sure to get tickets in advance. “An unexpectedly moving, poetic rumination on life and its value.” – G. Allen Johnson, @sfchronicle.com

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Serenade @serenadefilms.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

BAY AREA! The Oldest Person in the World is screening in San Francisco, Berkeley, Sebastopol and San Rafael with director Sam Green in person at select screenings!

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Serenade @serenadefilms.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

NYC audiences kept turning up for THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD and the Angelika has now extended our run! Meanwhile, Sam makes the journey west for Q&As in LA in the Bay Area - go to TheOldestPerson.com for tickets and more info

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tmonkey718 @tmonkey718.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I watched this movie yesterday, "The Oldest Person in the World." youtu.be/Ju0dtWT8GQ0 It made me cry. I wrote a post about it: postliterate.org/blog/catch-a... Go see it.

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The Oldest Person in the World | Official Trailer (2026)

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Very rarely do we consider another first-person-narrating documentarian in a class with Ross McElwee, but Sam Green gets very close this time. Read our review of 'The Oldest Person in the World': www.nonfics.com/p/the-oldest...

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Ingmar Rentzhog @ingmar.wsocial.eu · 13/09/2026

Exactly. And that division was cultivated. I recommend The White House Effect on Netflix. It shows how fossil fuel interests and political allies helped turn climate science into a partisan battle. We are all paying the price. youtu.be/zNOxFwZLRZU?...

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The White House Effect Trailer

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Don Boesch 🇺🇦🇬🇱 @donboesch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The White House Effect is a great documentary and stark wakeup to the Trump and Republicans ignorant and evil delusion in promoting fossil fuels as Earth rapidly warms and catastrophes proliferate.

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Sèafra @woodward.ca · 15/09/2026

Beasts of the Southern Wild

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Serenade @serenadefilms.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Mic drop from supercentenarian Emma Morano (1999-2017) captured by director Sam Green in THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD, in theaters now. TheOldestPerson.com

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Department of Motion Pictures @thedofmp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We're over the moon about @nytimes.com review of THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD, currently in theaters. Visit TheOldestPerson.com to find a screening near you!

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 11/09/2026

Looking forward to this one. Thanks, Bilge!

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Serenade @serenadefilms.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD hits NYC theaters tomorrow, Thursday, September 10th before expanding nationwide. Be there opening weekend for Q&As with director Sam Green and an exciting slate of moderators. Go to TheOldestPerson.com to find a theater near you!

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owdoo @owdoo.itch.io · 24/08/2026

I challenge anyone to watch this documentary entirely constructed of archival footage and not feel any or all of the following things: 1. sick to the stomach with anger 2. a barely controllable need to weep 3. a desire to commit an act of homicidal vengeance on behalf of the planet

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Watch The White House Effect | Netflix Official Site

Warnings about climate change divide George H.W. Bush's White House at a pivotal moment for the planet in this documentary told through archival footage.

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

In his latest documentary, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sam Green visits the oldest person in the world, and then their successor, and their successor, and so on, while also reflecting on his own mortality. Here's our review of 'The Oldest Person in the World': www.nonfics.com/p/the-oldest...

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TheoValley @filmdahlen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

#mandagsfilmen min ble Gasoline Rainbow (2023). En road movie uten mye handling. Kun en gruppe venner som er på et siste eventyr før det voksne livet deres begynner. Verdiene de står for er så langt unna det jeg står for, men likevel ble jeg oppslukt av stemningen. En helt grei film dette her.

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VIMooZ @vimoozblog.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The Oldest Person In The World from documentarian Sam Green is a decade-long odyssey chronicling the changing record holders for the title of oldest person alive. #filmsky Opens in theaters on September 10 (more + trailer: vimooz.me/mwswau)

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Serenade @serenadefilms.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

NY! Come meet us in Tompkins Square Park tonight Wednesday, August 19 at 8pm for a screening of BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD featuring a special introduction from Producer Michael Gottwald. Presented free by Lower East Side Film Festival www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2026/...

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Serenade @serenadefilms.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Sam Green's next live cinema experience, TREES, is coming to @lincolncenter.bsky.social as part of the #LincolnCenterPresents 2026-2027 season. Written by Rebecca Solnit and featuring composer Caroline Shaw Thursday, April 22, 2027 at 7:30pm Info & tickets: LincolnCenter.org/Presents

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Serenade @serenadefilms.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

What does it take to set a record for longevity? New documentary THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD profiles the Guinness World Records title holders and it's coming soon to a theater near you! Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival Directed by Sam Green

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The Oldest Person in the World | Official Trailer (2026)

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Mikki Halpin @mikkipedia.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

If you’re lucky enough to have seen Gasoline Rainbow, the incredible teen road trip doom apocalypse ecstatic reality film from 2023, you probably remember Tony Abuerto. His father was just taken by ICE. Here’s the GFM www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring...

Still from “Gasoline Rainbow” two teens sleeping in a van

Still from “Gasoline Rainbow” a group of teens walking down a desert highway

Still from “Gasoline Rainbow” a group if teens with flashlights at night

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Department of Motion Pictures @thedofmp.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

We’re very saddened to share that Oscar Tobon, the father of Tony Aburto (a star of Ross Bros film GASOLINE RAINBOW), has been detained by ICE. Oscar’s been in the country for 30 years and has no criminal record. Please help Tony and his family bring Oscar back home www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring...

Hello friends and family,

Our family is going through a very difficult time. My father, Oscar Tobon, has been detained despite having no criminal record. He has lived in the United States for nearly 30 years, and two of his children, ages 9 and 14, still depend on him. Oscar is currently in Tacoma, and we are working with a lawyer who told us we need $8,000 to start a habeas process through federal court to help get him released.

We are raising funds to cover the legal expenses for Oscar's immigration case. Anything and everything will help—please spread the word and help us bring our dad back home. Your understanding, kindness, and support is greatly appreciated!

Hola amigos,

Nuestra familia está pasando por un momento muy difícil. Mi papá, Oscar Tobon, fue detenido a pesar de no tener antecedentes penales y ha vivido en Estados Unidos por casi 30 años. Dos de sus hijos, de 9 y 14 años, todavía dependen de él. Oscar está en Tacoma y nuestra abogada nos dijo que necesitamos $8,000 para iniciar un proceso de habeas en la corte federal para ayudar a traerlo de regreso a casa.

Estamos recaudando fondos para cubrir los gastos legales del caso de inmigración de Oscar. Todo y cualquier apoyo significa muchísimo para nuestra familia. Por favor, ayúdenos a compartir y apoyar esta causa. ¡Muchas gracias por su comprensión, su cariño y su apoyo! Dios los bendiga.

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Department of Motion Pictures @thedofmp.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Hey Cape Codders! Summer’s turning out to be quite the scorcher. Join us in the cool indoors of the Clapp Auditorium for THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD at the 35th edition of Woods Hole Film Festival on August 1st at 3PM. Tickets on sale now!!! woodshole.elevent.io/events/TheOl...

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Department of Motion Pictures @thedofmp.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD is coming to Maine! 7PM, July 17th at the Waterville Opera House, see Sam Green’s awe-inspiring film “about time and fate and the mysteries of being alive.” Tickets on sale now at miff.org.

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Department of Motion Pictures @thedofmp.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD was released in theaters in the US 15 years ago today! Check out some of the love it’s been getting on @letterboxd.social. Currently streaming on @hbomax.bsky.social and The Roku Channel

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Department of Motion Pictures @thedofmp.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Meet Nora Levy as she retires after being our longest intern ever, after being an integral part of both the Department of Motion Pictures and Serenade teams for several years! She has truly been a dream to have as part of our team, and we are beyond sad to see her go.

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Serenade @serenadefilms.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Cape Cod! Get out of the hot sun, and head inside as THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD is coming to the 35th edition of Woods Hole Film Festival on August 1st!!! Mark your calendars, tickets go on sale July 1st. Will we see you there? www.goelevent.com/WoodsHoleFil...

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Serenade @serenadefilms.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Find a screening near you! www.theoldestperson.com

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CINEMATIC F-BOMBS @cinematicfbombs.com · 14/05/2026

Film: Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) [PG-13] Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures Character: Wink Actor: Dwight Henry Director: Benh Zeitlin Screenwriters: Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin Timestamp: 0:58:24 cinematicfbombs.com/2020/02/21/2...

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Serenade @serenadefilms.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Some great photos from Michelle Satter’s screening of Beasts of the Southern Wild at SF Film Festival as part of her receiving the Mel Novikoff Award.

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Serenade @serenadefilms.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

NYC! This Saturday May 2nd! At the IMAX theater at @amnh.org! Don’t miss your opportunity to experience the New York Premiere of THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD at the Margaret Mead Film Festival followed by a Q&A with Director Sam Green and Producer Josh Penn. www.amnh.org/explore/marg...

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𝑴𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 @madreflections.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Seen "The White House Effect" on Netflix yet? www.netflix.com/us/title/820... This shows that climate change is known to be real. It was addressed by politicians when it was popular to do so. Now, we're being told it isn't real, despite the current evidence. #climatechange

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Watch The White House Effect | Netflix Official Site

Warnings about climate change divide George H.W. Bush's White House at a pivotal moment for the planet in this documentary told through archival footage.

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Department of Motion Pictures @thedofmp.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Tickets now on sale for the world premiere performance of Sam Green’s TREES – cowritten by award-winning Author & Environmentalist Rebbeca Solnit, featuring a score by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw. Barbican in London on December 14th, 2026. www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...

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BYTESEU @byteseu.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Earth Day screening of “The White House Effect” revisits history behind climate crisis www.byteseu.com/1954093 The Wexner Center for the Arts will host a screening of “The White House Effect” Wednesday. Credit: Courtesy of the Wexner Center for the Arts On Earth Day, the Wexner Center …

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Serenade @serenadefilms.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Nantucketers, it’s time to include THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD in your June plans! We’re coming to Nantucket for the 31st Annual Nantucket Film Festival and would love to see you there. Ticket packages on sale now. Individual tickets available May 21st nantucketfilmfestival.org/events/theol...

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Department of Motion Pictures @thedofmp.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The Ross Bros BLOODY NOSE EMPTY POCKS, CONTEMPORARY COLOR and WESTERN are coming to The Criterion Channel this May. Mark your calendars!!! @criterion.bsky.social

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Projection Booth Podcast @projectionbooth.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

#ICYMI: Sound designer Mark A. Mangini returns to The Projection Booth to discuss The Oldest Person in the World (2026), the Sam Green documentary about the successive holders of the oldest person title. www.spreaker.com/episode/spec...

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Special Report: The Oldest Person in the World (2026)

Sound designer Mark A. Mangini returns to The Projection Booth to discuss The Oldest Person in the World (2026), the Sam Green documentary about the successive

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Helen Bader Office of Applied Gerontology at UW-Milwaukee @uwmappgero.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

🎬We’re proud to be a @mkefilm Community Partner for the screening of 'The Oldest Person in the World'! Join us for this moving documentary on the human experience. 4/24, 2pm @ Oriental Theatre | 4/26, 5pm @ Downer Theatre Tickets & info: bit.ly/4umlicX%F0%9...

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